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Victoria Parkinson
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Sometimes a metadata and systems librarian in a London uni. Mostly playing board games, reading sci-fi and fantasy, and crafting--sewing, crochet, embroidery. Learning how to do cryptic crosswords and to knit.
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If anyone in #Leicestershire is looking for a dog trainer, my brother-in-law offers a range of training from the basics to more exciting scent work. His own dog is an absolute sweetheart.
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#DogTraining #ScentWork
Text in image reads: St George Dog Training, build a better bond with your canine companion. 18 years of experience training/owning multiple dogs. Obedience, behaviour modification (reactivity, resource guarding, excessive barking, etc), puppy/adult dogs, scent training. Rewards based, science/ethically led training. Send your enquiries to st.georgedogtraining@gmail.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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From now on all my moods will be communicated via this seal. Yes, there are only two moods.
A grey seal pup that still has its white fur. It's lying on its side on a shingle beach with its tail slightly raised and it's doubled back on its self with its far paw over its face. Its mood is Done With This. A grey seal pup that still has its white fur. It's lying on its side on a shingle beach with its tail slightly raised and its eyes closed. Its cute furry paws are tucked into its chest. It's Asleep. Asleep is a mood, right?
December 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Walked over to the seal sanctuary at Blakeney Point this morning to see some incredibly cute seals 🦭
A white-coloured baby grey seal on a shingle beach. The seal is on its side and nearly looking at the camera. It looks like it's posing for a boudoir picture. A grey seal with darker spots is lying perpendicular to the camera and looking directly at it curiously. It's on a shingle beach. Two grey seals lie on a shingle beach with some large tufts of what I want to call bushes, not sure what type. The seal in the foreground is partway through moulting its white baby fur away and is therefore grey at the ends with a wide white stripe around its middle. Its head is to the left and it's looking at the camera. The larger grey seal in the background is facing the other way and seems to be asleep. Two grey seals are on a shingle beach which stretches around them. You can see the sea behind them. The seal in front is looking slightly to the left, and the seal behind, which is paler with spots, is nearly hidden behind a short wooden post but is looking directly at the camera
December 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Playing a gentle rain, bloom edition, a birthday present form my housemate who picked it up on his holiday in the US 🥰 #soloboardgames
Square tiles with their corners cut out are on a table. The tiles have a pond background with half of a coloured flower on each edge. Where the tiles have been put together in a four to leave a circular hole where the corners meet, a plastic flower token is nestled for a total of 8 tokens. It is a successfully completed game with two tiles left over, a score of 10.
October 22, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Is this the perfect Friday? Chilling in the members rooms at the Natural History Museum, reading Inclusive Cataloging (very much enjoying) and attempting to learn cryptic crosswords ❤️ #critcat #cataloguing #cataloging
Picture of a cafe table on which can be seen a cappuccino, an open book of cryptic crosswords, partly done and with much scribbling in the margins, and the cover of the book "Inclusive cataloging: histories, context and reparative approaches"
September 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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I'm at the stage tour preview of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and it is hilarious. Bodes well for this series #ISIHAC
Photo of three empty desks on a stage with two microphones set up on each with blue tablecloths on that say "I'm sorry I haven't a clue"
February 12, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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Also it's teeny tiny, and I love miniature stuff. She learned new modelling skills to bring me this awesome tree and the gorgeous grass, all set on the very real slice of tree trunk. Those awesome rocks are actually hand-painted bark!!

I'm a very lucky big sister 🥰
From above, the verdant green foliage of a model tree. In the distance below you can see a bit of the book-roof of the kiosk. But this one is mostly the top of the tree. Close up of the model rocks on the ground of the model. The model as a whole from behind the alpaca: the model sits on top of a bit of wooden log. The alpaca is carrying purple scrolls and a pangolin sitting in a kiosk made of books--the walls are built of books and the roof is a giant open book. There is a tree to one side, and the kiosk is surrounded by lovely green grass.
November 2, 2023 at 11:11 PM
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It has a pangolin librarian/bookseller, and an alpaca off to visit the library/bookshop. The bookshop/library is MADE OF BOOKS! Look at that cunning roof made of a book.
a painted model alpaca carrying purple scrolls on its back A pangolin wearing a purple hat, sitting in a kiosks where the walls are made of stacked books. It's roofless. The key takeaways are books and a pangolin. A close up of the kiosk where the roof is clearly an open book, painted turquoise with yellow painted gems inlaid. You can't see it in this picture, but the walls are made of books too because my sister is amazing. There's a sign on the book-roof that says "books". There's grass, but more on that in a following tweet.
November 2, 2023 at 11:07 PM
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Look what my AMAZING sister, made me for my 40th birthday!! It is a diorama with my FAVOURITE things!
A pangolin in its natural habitat, a kiosks made of books. The roof is a book, the walls are books; it has a strong book-vibe. Close up of the model where you can see the pangolin, kiosk and alpaca from behind. a model on top of a bit of wooden log. In the foreground is an alpaca carrying purple scrolls and a pangolin sitting in a kiosk made of books--the walls are built of books and the roof is a giant open book.
November 2, 2023 at 11:04 PM